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Prologue: After beating Amnesia: The Dark Descent (which wasn't an easy task to accomplish), I was speechless, terrified, and amazed. It was hard for me to believe that an independent game company made of only five p... Read Full Review

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Amnesia: The Dark Descent follows protagonist Daniel who, after waking up in Brennenberg Castle, finds that he is without memory and insight, and is being hunted by a mysterious force that encompasses the castle. With th... Read Full Review

From the beginning of the game where players create a profile and start a campaign, the style of game you are about to play is apparent. The game will be all that the title suggests; it will be dark. Darkness is the name... Read Full Review

Fundamentally, it's an adventure game, but conceptually and philosophically, it's survival horror in its purest form. Amnesia is heavily influenced not only by H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos, but also Headfirst Producti... Read Full Review

When I heard of this game i though "Great, another rip-off horror." But I never thought this. All horror games that I play are short and don't have very much meaning. A horror game should not have a basic story that jus... Read Full Review

To review Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a daunting task, seeing as how I have yet to actually complete the game because it scares the living s*** out of me. I can only play the game in sittings of five to ten minutes befo... Read Full Review

What can I say about Amnesia DD. It really leaves the competition for dead. Silent Hill, Dead Space, Resi. Nuttin on this masterpiece of psychological horror. I'll admit it, I have taken way too long to complete this bec... Read Full Review

Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a new-wave horror game that completely changes the genre. It is unique and very fresh, so don't expect anything you've seen before, because this is a completely different gaming experience. ... Read Full Review

This game is absolutely terrifying! I don't consider myself easily scared at all. The only other game that actually scared me was silent hill 2..and that was ages ago. I still haven't found a horror movie that's scared m... Read Full Review

Recent horror games usually miss the point because they put an emphasis on gore and killing hundreds of monsters. Fortunately Amnesia: The Dark Descent doesn't belong among these not-so-scary titles. It's one of the fir... Read Full Review

This game is just CREEPY, and I love it! The entire atmosphere (sound, visuals, fact that you have no weapon to fight back with) turns out to be an amazing idea. If you're into this genre of game then put on some h... Read Full Review